New-York tribune., 1887-12-04


fsY CABLE THE TIIBUNE.l
os, 1887. Rp me Neic. York Tribune.
nnx De 3-Thc Irish Executive has de-
1 rare courage simultaneously with the
'.I;t NJ Lord Harrington and Mr.. Goschen TO
os,,n The arrest Of Mr. Sheehy has been fol
,..raI br that Of the brothers II rrington. and
'St,rlov Nj 7. ID. Sullivan, who had just com
',.,o1 his term as Lord Mayor of Dublin, was
.ont r 70 mil for couple of months with Mr..
..u ION Mr. Balfour has now practically five
.,a,ohc,x o, Param Mt under lock and ky. Mr..
,-,,,,ra Uar in ton, WHO is ont on heavy bail
rn6l Moniay. Will su ely go to prison with the
.tbcrs. The newspaper men are thus sun ring
b avily.
In Mr.. Sulivan's case certain features deserve
,o,c He was sent need to Imprisonment without
hard labor. The committing magistrate was Mr..
On,nel the some who. when the case WAS first
Oforc him. dismissed it on legal point You are
svare that tn offence of Mr. Sullivan is publishing
IN "Thc Nation" the proceedings of certain
hanchos of the l. ague suppressed by procama-
zion This is also TIL ofl,nc of the Ilaningtons,
n epriet,rs of The Kerry Sentinel" Now Mr..
opo eli d cidcd that it was not enough for Mr..
Sullivan 10 print reports reports
Of the League; that the bench must
have evidence that the meetings were actu-
ally held If this dictum had held good it would
have killed the press clauses of the Crimes Act.
The Government were bound to appeal and the
Court of Exchequer deClded in their favor. The
magistrate had consequently no option yesterday
but to commit Mr.. sullivan. But having power
10 relieve the defendant of hari labor. he did
Then he gave MIR. sullivan the opportunity of post
ponng sentence for a space by lodging an appeal.
Sentence up to one month barred appeal. and of
course the addition If a single day beyond the
month would have given Mr Sullivan
the right obtained by longer sentence.
But on the whole the magistrate
more than gracious to the defendant. In the clubs
.hls attitude of Mr.. ODOuel seemed II give annoy
ance to the Unionlsts and it was promptly sug-
eeSted that he was seeking TO score against the
Executive for their success in the Court Of Tx
eheQuer. But MIR. Sulhvan's age aud known repu-
ta,ion are sufficient Justify the action Of the
bench.
THE KuNAINUAN JOB REPEATED.
You will have heard that no appeal was lodged
and that Mr.. Sullivan went to gaol amidst the sym
pathetic cheers of the populace. Thos who know
the late Lord Mayor can have no difficulty III
unders anding this action. He may or may
not agree with Mr. Davltt as to the wisdom Of the
game of hide-and-seek PLAYED by other members of
the Irish party. but it is certain he could not adopt
it. An ex-Lord Mavor in raol is striking fact
the tnasscs.
there is shrewdncss in the calculation that the
ohiect-lesson now presented to the British eector
will cause mach shaking of heads Nothing. rs II
seems could better play the game of the Loaene.
Add to the ex-Lord Mayor few other members OF
Parliament and We shall have somct hing Of a re-
turn to the condition of affairs under Mr.. Forsters
regime. winch became so intolerabe TO The Glad
stone Government that they were fam Of their own
free-will to open the prison doors In speech at
Manchester last week Mr. Dillon revealed the fact
that already nearly 900 persons i'll ireland are i'm
prisoned under the Grimes Act.
Nh Sh,ehy and the Iiarringtons will be uied
next week.
MR.. O'BRrN's CNsr.
Mr Balfours letter 70 the Manchester UnionistS
on the treatment of Nr. O'Brien mas drawn tart
reply from the DrI>oner AT Tullamore (which iHE
Tribune has printed full How the reply was
written ana conveyed 20 ;Lc Dublin newspapers is
not less mysterious than he Introduction into the
iall of the new suit. which Mr. OB;Ien dartS not
put of lest it fall into the hand, of the jailcrs.
IRISH prisons are strange places truly. since rcd
hot English governor cannot prevent frequent
bleache. Of regulations al Hauon&!ism ee;s be-
hind the livery 81 a warder The inquiry which
continues INTO the introduction of the clothes
may now be extended TO the expectation of the
letter Me mime the friends OF Mr. O'Bucn are ap-
pfcncusivc as 20 the results Of his refusal of better
fare ordered him b. the prison doctor. THIS mcrtl-
fcatIon of the flesh order 70 prove the Chief
Secretary a cliumniatOr is neither Wise nor nece'-
sary. Nobody VINO believed in Mr. OBren before
Mr. Balfour hnted that he had taken ready @d-
vantage of his physicll debility TO tighten his
rigorous Imprisonment lost faI'h in the honorable
member; aud now Mr.. O'Bric4's condition la known
Of all men.